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Solutions for Mecca Helbing and his team have provided proof that the model works and can be applied successfully as a simulation when they solved one of the world‘s biggest pedestrian problems – the Hajj in Mecca. During the January 2006 pilgrimage, a mass stampede left 364 people dead. That was not an isolated incident; the year before had seen many deaths as well. The authorities decided to steer the increasing masses of pilgrims along controllable paths, and sought advice in Germany. An expert team of traffic planners from Aachen, logistics experts from Dresden and Helbing and his Ph.D. candidate Johannson looked for solutions. Apart from other things, they used the social force model to analyse pilgrim flows. On that basis, Pilgrims during the Hajj in Mecca the decision-makers in Mecca made a wide range of organizational, traffic planning and constructional changes – to good effect. Although the authorities classified the situation as extremely critical in 2007, there were no casualties. Walking towards an eco-friendly future Human-centric traffic simulation and planning is more realistic since it considers all the components of traffic. Top priority is given to safety and high quality standards in traffic systems for pedestrians. The infrastructure must be suitable for the population to see walking as attractive. The new urban planning simulation tool allows these recommendations to be formulated in close cooperation with the citizens. Today‘s tools can help bring about walkable cities and a clean environment. PTV-Vision – the software suite for transportation planning and traffic engineering For many years, PTV Vision has been the market leader for traffic planning systems in Europe with its software architecture that en- compasses several planning levels. These interlocking modules make it possible to focus on specific points – from determining transport demand, network planning, traffic detail analyses at node points all the way to optimising line and charter transportation. The main modules: VISUM: Traffic information and planning system for private and public transportation, graphical network editing, wide-area traffic network analysis and evaluation, assignment, optimization, forecasting and impact calculations for traffic planning measures. VISSIM: Microscopic simulation of traffic flows for vehicles and pedestrians, 3D animation, modelling vehicle-actuated signal controls. A special challenge: correctly directing visitors in Mecca Your contact: Peter Vortisch peter.vortisch@ptv.de www.ptvag.com TRAFFIC COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 08
Traffic / PTV AG Committed to Improving Traffic Safety Despite the fact that the number of road accident victims has decreased in the European Union, it seems to be difficult to reach EU’s target of halving the number of road deaths by 2010. There are still too many car accident fatalities. It is therefore essential to include traffic safety concepts in the traffic and transportation planning process. PTV’s transportation experts have developed a specific tool which contributes to road safety by providing important analysis data on Germany’s road network. Building safe roads is another relevant road safety factor. This includes the construction, expansion and improvement of roads. The first step is to identify the size and distribution of safety potential within the road network. Germany’s Road Traffic Research Association issued a new directive called Empfehlungen für die Sicherheitsanalyse von Straßennetzen, which provides recommendations for the safety analysis of road networks. The ESN directive provides guidelines and calculation rules for estimating the road safety performance. It helps the road construction authority identify road sections which need to be analysed in detail and which can be considerably improved. German Insurers Accident Research (GDV) asked PTV to develop a specific ESN tool as part of a road accident research project. The aim was to provide pragmatic methods for an efficient analysis of the huge amount of data. The recommendations were applied to the state of Saxony, Germany. A numerical safety potential is determined on the basis of road accident data (categories, location, types of accidents, time and date, etc.) and empirically developed accident indicators, such as accident rates and average accident costs. Traffic engineering tools, i.e. specific planning tools for network analysis and accident data analysis are combined to make road networks safer. Information about the average workday traffic volume on the roads where accidents occurred is an important factor for the ESN calculations. Therefore, PTV’s Validate transportation model for Germany was integrated into the ESN calculation process to provide workday traffic volumes for the entire main road network of Germany. The ESN tool processes the data and visualises the results in a clear and efficient manner. Easy and exact results analysis and high quality evaluations provide immediate access to network-related information about the accident. ESN – display of results based on road sections combined with NAVTEQ road sections PTV tool helps create safer road networks TRAFFIC – NEWS COMPASS INTERNATIONAL 01/2008 09
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